Saturday, October 11, 2014

WASHINGTON: Did members of terrorist group cross Mexican border? Answer remains unclear | National Security & Defense | McClatchy DC

WASHINGTON: Did members of terrorist group cross Mexican border? Answer remains unclear | National Security & Defense | McClatchy DC: A series of statements this week from Obama administration officials have left a murky picture about whether four people caught last month crossing the United States border from Mexico had ties to terrorist groups.

U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, raised the issue last month when he said he had heard that individuals with terrorist ties to the Middle East had been caught crossing the border. Other Republican members of Congress have made similar claims since.

Responding to news reports about those remarks, Marsha Catron, the Department of Homeland Security’s press secretary, said Wednesday in a prepared statement that the suggestion that individuals with ties to the Islamic State, also known as ISIL, had crossed the border was “categorically false.”

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